Supporting structure for tanks.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

0. c. WOLF. SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR TANKS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 1906 minus-41mm 1.

'No. 831,399 PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. 0. 0. WOLF.

$UPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR TANKS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 1906 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO C. WOLF, "OF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR TANKS Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed J anuary4, 1906. Serial No. 294,596.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, OTTO C. WOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Supporting Structures for Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a structure for the reception and support of a number of tanks, commonly of cylindrical form, such as are employed in the storage or stock houses of breweries, which structure shall be of such a nature that it is relatively inexpensive and simple, with its parts so built and laced that there is little, if any, place for t e accumulation of dirt, said parts eing, moreover, so arranged that they may easily be kept clean and at the same time permit of the most economical utilization of the space available for the reception of the storage-tanks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient construction for supporting the individual tanks upon the various beams which are designed to carry them.

These objects I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figur a building constructed according to my invention and showing, somewhat diagrammat ically, a number of tanks in position therein. Fi 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section of the upper portion of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1', further showing my invention. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one of the structures for .directly supporting the tanks on the ,beams of the buildmg, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 3.

In carrying out invention, I provide a m a building of suitable hmensions having within the space between its floors an open framework composed of a seriesof columns placed to sup ort its floor and roof, as Well as an interme iate skeleton floor consisting of one or more substantially horizontal frames formed of structural sections carried by the walls of the building and by said columns. The structural sections are of such dimensions and spacing that each tank is supported by two beams extending parallel to and at substantially equal distances from its longitudinal aliis, therbeingprovided for this purpose e 1 is a vertical section of one fioor of suitable leg structures connected to each other in pairs and supporting the tanks upon saidbeams.

In the above drawings, A represents the wall of the building, which is designed to have a number of floors, of which the one lllustrated is provided with means for su porting two tiers ofhorizontal tanks B or while a third series of tanks B is placed withnal center of the building and directly supporting the beams of the first floor a Said columns a also ca columns a", which not only carry the mo or ceilin structure a, but also sup ort an openwor floor formed. of structura sections a, secured to each other, but having their ends respectively carried by the walls of the building and by longitudinally-extending beams directly resting upon the columns a".

The various tanks B, &c., are symmetrically placed with regard to each of the beams of the open-work floor-that is to say, each tank is placed over and .c'arried by a pair of beams a" in such manner that its center line is equidistant from and parallel with said beams, which are connected together by transverse sections a The leg structures connecting the tanks and the beams upon which they are supported each consists of a foot-section a", extended laterally at the base, so as to fit u on the flange of the beam a and provided wit down-- weirdly-extending edges or flanges whereby it is kept in position on said beam. The

body of the foot-piece a is made tubular for i the reception of one end of a screw 0,, whose opposite end enters a suitably-threaded recess in a casting D, forming a saddle-piece which is shaped to receiveone of the circumferential flanged portions or ribs 1) of the tank and which is, moreover, curved, so as to-fit the cylindrical surface of said tank.

' The members of each pair of the castings D are held together by means of a tie-rod d,

threaded at its ends and extended through suitably-formed lugs upon the castings ,wherein it is held by means of nuts, as shown. Each of the screws a'. is provided with a nuta), whereby the piece D, carried By it, may be raised or lowered, so as to adjust the height of the tank.

With the above arrangement of parts I ICC place two rows of tanks in each tier in such manner that there is an open space or gallery between their adjacent ends, and in this open space I provide at each tiera concrete gallery-floor a carried upon the open-work structure, it being .understood that these walks or gallery-floors are preferably the only floor structures emplo ed. 1

From the above it will be seen that the arrangement of the sup orting structures for the tanks B, &c., is 0 the simplest nature, so that while there is but little floorsurface capable of collecting dirt or objectionable germs even this is readily accessible for purposes of washing. It will further be seen that the relative arrangement of the tanks is such that they are carried on the beams by very simple yet substantial supporting structures, so that the arrangement as a Whole is in the highest degree e1 nivenient and of a nature easily kept clean.

I claim-- 1. A supporting structure for a tank including two substantially ho izontal beams. foot- )ieces resting on each of the beams, and saddlepieces formed to engage the cylindrical surface of the tank and carried by the foot-pieces, said foot and saddle pieces being placed upon the beams in pairs opposite one another, with means -for holding together each pair of saddle-pieces, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a series of pairs of saddle-pieces designed to engage the cylindrical surface of a tank, and grooved for the reception of ribs thereon, lugs on said saddlepieces, a tie-bolt engaging said lugs and ex tending betweenv the saddle-pieces of each pair, each saddle-piece having a threaded downwardly-extending projection, a nut thereon, a tubular foot-piece for the reception of each of said projections, said footpieces being flanged to fit structural sections, substantially as described. h

3. The combination of a building having a series of columns and beams arranged to form an open floor extending from said columns to the walls of said building. means for supporting two series of tanks on the beams in such manner as to leave a passage between their adjacent ends, and a relatively narrow gallery-floor for said passage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO C. WOLF.

Witnesses:

LEWIS F. DRY, FORREST W. WEST. 

